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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. To shift to another key.
Phrase
Modulation
Chorus
Reed
2. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Obbligato
Cantata
Flat
Timbre
3. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Tempo
Introduction
Atonal
Dynamics
4. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Finale
Scale
Progression
Courante
5. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Tessitura
Fourth
Fifth
Chant
6. A group singing in unison.
Chorus
Classical
Ostinato
Scale
7. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Refrain
Sonata form
Movement
Leitmotif
8. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Recital
Tablature
Courante
Slur
9. Singing or chanting in unison without strict rhythm. Collected during the Reign of Pope Gregory VIII for psalms and other other parts of the church service.
Gregorian Chant
Opera
Tritone
Reprise
10. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Ricercar
Verismo
Orchestra
Obbligato
11. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Verismo
Motif
Pizzicato
Leading note
12. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.
Conductor
Leitmotif
Choir
Tone
13. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Instrumentation
Treble
Relative major and minor
Conductor
14. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Minor
Grandioso
Exposition
Romantic
15. A string of chords played in succession.
Sextet
Chord progression
EnharmonicInterval
Sonata form
16. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Quadrille
Minuet
Waltz
Gregorian Chant
17. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Polyphony
Madrigal
Tonality
Interpretation
18. A direction to play expressively.
Voice
Espressivo
Cavatina
Triplet
19. A reprise.
Triplet
Serenade
Tonic
Recapitulation
20. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.
Modes
Scordatura
Treble
Motif
21. The principal note of a triad.
Counterpoint
Oratorio
Root
Cadenza
22. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Tritone
Leading note
March
Triplet
23. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Pentatonic Scale
Interval
Obbligato
Theme
24. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Musicology
Prelude
Instrumentation
Encore
25. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Time Signature
Song cycle
Tune
Tonality
26. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Sonata form
Ligature
Chord progression
Progression
27. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Temperament
Classicism
Slide
Octave
28. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Pitch
Septet
Homophony
Tablature
29. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Finale
Atonal
Accelerando
Conductor
30. A composition written for nine instruments.
Sequence
Movement
Nonet
Grazioso
31. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Scordatura
Symphony
Leitmotif
Falsetto
32. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Key
Fifth
Whole-tone scale
Sextet
33. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Presto
Introduction
Impromptu
Minuet
34. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Virtuoso
Scale
Adagio
Verismo
35. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Part
Rondo
Clef
Atonal
36. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Tuning
Sonata
Vivace
Obbligato
37. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Notation
Grandioso
Duet
Fourth
38. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Courante
Orchestration
Capriccio
Etude
39. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Pastoral
Deceptive cadence
Timbre
Interlude
40. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Operetta
Ostinato
Introduction
Tone
41. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Scale
Exposition
Cadenza
Tone less
42. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Presto
Maestro
Relative pitch
Pitch
43. A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds - backwards - or inverted.
Minor
Canon
Classical
Trio
44. A composition written for eight instruments.
Octet
Reprise
Major
Tutti
45. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Recital
Accelerando
Nonet
Galliard
46. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Grazioso
Cadenza
Elegy
Triad
47. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Galliard
Atonal
Pastoral
Recital
48. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Finale
Instrumentation
Ricercar
Septet
49. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Chamber music
Prelude
Leitmotif
Triple time
50. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Slur
Development
Vivace
Neoclassical
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